BLKDEACTIVATE(8)

BLKDEACTIVATE(8)                                              BLKDEACTIVATE(8)

NAME
       blkdeactivate -- utility to deactivate block devices

SYNOPSIS
       blkdeactivate  [-d dm_options] [-e] [-h] [-l lvm_options] [-m mpath_op-
       tions] [-r mdraid_options] [-u] [-v] [device]

DESCRIPTION
       The blkdeactivate utility deactivates block devices. For mounted  block
       devices, it attempts to unmount it automatically before trying to deac-
       tivate. The utility currently supports device-mapper devices (DM),  in-
       cluding  LVM volumes and software RAID MD devices. LVM volumes are han-
       dled directly using the lvm(8) command, the rest of device-mapper based
       devices  are handled using the dmsetup(8) command.  MD devices are han-
       dled using the mdadm(8) command.

OPTIONS
       -d, --dmoptions dm_options
              Comma separated list of  device-mapper  specific  options.   Ac-
              cepted dmsetup(8) options are:

              retry  Retry removal several times in case of failure.

              force  Force device removal.

       -e, --errors
              Show errors reported from tools called by blkdeactivate. Without
              this option, any error messages from these  external  tools  are
              suppressed  and the blkdeactivate itself provides only a summary
              message to indicate the device was skipped.

       -h, --help
              Display the help text.

       -l, --lvmoptions lvm_options
              Comma-separated list of LVM specific options:

              retry  Retry removal several times in case of failure.

              wholevg
                     Deactivate the whole LVM Volume Group when  processing  a
                     Logical Volume.  Deactivating the Volume Group as a whole
                     is quicker than deactivating each  Logical  Volume  sepa-
                     rately.

       -m, --mpathoptions mpath_options
              Comma-separated  list  of  device-mapper  multipath specific op-
              tions:

              disablequeueing
                     Disable queueing on all multipath devices before  deacti-
                     vation.   This avoids a situation where blkdeactivate may
                     end up waiting if all the paths are unavailable  for  any
                     underlying device-mapper multipath device.

       -r, --mdraidoptions mdraid_options
              Comma-separated list of MD RAID specific options:

              wait   Wait  MD  device's  resync, recovery or reshape action to
                     complete before deactivation.

       -u, --umount
              Unmount a mounted device before trying to deactivate it.   With-
              out  this  option  used, a device that is mounted is not deacti-
              vated.

       -v, --verbose
              Run in verbose mode. Use --vv for even more verbose mode.

EXAMPLES
       Deactivate all supported block devices found in  the  system,  skipping
       mounted devices.   # blkdeactivate

       Deactivate  all supported block devices found in the system, unmounting
       any mounted devices first, if possible.   # blkdeactivate -u

       Deactivate the device /dev/vg/lvol0 together with all its holders,  un-
       mounting  any  mounted devices first, if possible.   # blkdeactivate -u
       /dev/vg/lvol0

       Deactivate all supported block devices found in the system. If the  de-
       activation  of  a  device-mapper device fails, retry it. Deactivate the
       whole Volume Group at once when processing an LVM Logical Volume.     #
       blkdeactivate -u -d retry -l wholevg

       Deactivate  all supported block devices found in the system. If the de-
       activation of a device-mapper device fails, retry it and force removal.
        # blkdeactivate -d force,retry

SEE ALSO
       dmsetup(8), lsblk(8), lvm(8), mdadm(8), multipathd(8), umount(8)

Red Hat, Inc           LVM TOOLS 2.03.07(2) (2019-11-30)      BLKDEACTIVATE(8)